They needed to make up ground on their competitors.

他们必须穷追猛赶竞争对手。

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That is bad news for any firm that may hope that smartwatches can make up ground for maturing smartphone and tablet markets.

对于那些希望智能手表能在日益成熟的智能手机和平板电脑市场上占据一席之地的公司来说，这是个坏消息。

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The stock market then steadily picked up ground off that low.

之后，股市稳稳地从低点回升。

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This huge warrior threw me to the ground and then took hold of my arm again to pick me up.

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After he'd published all of his major poems, he began publishing a spate of works that attempted to re-create British culture from the ground up.

在发表了他的所有主要诗作后，他开始大量发表其他著作,试图以这些作品完全重建英国文化。

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so I don't know, I think it's just really cool to be able to work something from the ground up.

所以，我不知道，我就是觉得能从头开始做一件事很酷。

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Hamilton leads the title race by three points from Webber, with Vettel, Button and Alonso needing to make up ground.

BBC: Sebastian Vettel heads Ferrari pair in Monza practice

Bush also apparently picked up ground on education and health care in the third debate, which concentrated on domestic issues.

CNN: Poll: Kerry loses ground to Bush

He was making up ground at the end of the race and I think the Derby is a possibility now.

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